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A short treatise of death in sixe chapters Together with the ænigmatick description of old age and death written Ecclesiastes 12 chap. exponed and paraphrased in English meetre. Written by Mr. William Morray minister of Gods word.
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Morray, William.
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STC 18167; ESTC S121485
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often_o meditation_n of_o death_n die_v often_o we_o may_v in_o end_n die_v both_o easy_o and_o well_o cicero_n say_v that_o the_o whole_a life_n of_o wise_a man_n be_v the_o meditation_n of_o death_n scip._n somnium_fw-la scip._n and_o it_o be_v record_v of_o the_o macedonian_a king_n that_o he_o command_v his_o page_n once_o every_o day_n to_o come_v and_o say_v to_o he_o remember_v thou_o be_v mortal_a that_o holy_a man_n hieronimus_fw-la have_v always_o in_o his_o study_n beside_o he_o a_o dead_a man_n skull_n and_o run_a glass_n to_o keep_v he_o in_o mind_n of_o shortness_n of_o his_o life_n and_o certainty_n of_o his_o death_n second_o the_o often_o meditation_n of_o death_n be_v necessare_fw-la and_o profitable_a to_o make_v we_o live_v and_o die_v well_o because_o it_o be_v a_o strong_a bit_n and_o bridle_n against_o sin_n remember_v thy_o death_n say_v jerome_n and_o thou_o shall_v not_o sin_n and_o god_n speak_v by_o moses_n of_o his_o people_n israel_n say_v 32.29_o deuter._n 32.29_o o_o that_o they_o be_v wise_a then_o will_v they_o understand_v this_o they_o will_v consider_v their_o latter_a end_n and_o jeremy_n 1.9_o lament_n 1.9_o her_o filthiness_n be_v in_o her_o skirt_n she_o remember_v not_o her_o last_o end_n 11.9_o eccles_n 11.9_o and_o salomon_n scorn_v the_o folly_n of_o youth_n say_v rejoice_v o_o young_a man_n in_o thy_o youth_n and_o let_v thy_o heart_n cheer_v thou_o in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o youth_n and_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o thy_o heart_n and_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o thy_o eye_n then_o he_o add_v as_o water_n to_o their_o wine_n but_o know_v thou_o that_o for_o all_o these_o thing_n god_n will_v bring_v thou_o to_o judgement_n three_o often_o meditation_n of_o death_n cause_v we_o to_o contemn_v this_o short_a vain_a life_n wherein_o all_o be_v vanity_n and_o vexation_n of_o spirit_n which_o be_v like_a to_o a_o dream_n a_o shadow_n a_o vapour_n like_v to_o the_o way_n of_o a_o ship_n in_o the_o sea_n or_o like_v to_o 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si_fw-la bene_fw-la si_fw-la sanctè_fw-la singula_fw-la cord_n premas_fw-la undas_fw-la majoris_fw-la somni_fw-la stygis_fw-la atque_fw-la perennis_fw-la tu_fw-la fluctus_fw-la spernes_fw-la cum_fw-la legis_fw-la hunc_fw-la mora_fw-la vum_fw-la haec_fw-la paucis_fw-la docuit_fw-la rimeniur_fw-fr singula_fw-la dices_fw-la stigmare_fw-la quam_fw-la sancto_fw-la condere_fw-la ment_fw-la vola_fw-la macte_fw-la diu_fw-la felix_fw-la qui_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la limina_fw-la lustras_fw-la per_fw-la mortis_fw-la varios_fw-la per_fw-la vada_fw-la pura_fw-la gradus_fw-la vade_fw-la libre_fw-la moravi_n preconia_fw-la funde_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la laudis_fw-la quae_fw-la scripsit_fw-la dicere_fw-la ne_fw-la pudeat_fw-la buccina_fw-la si_fw-la buchanani_n esset_fw-la si_fw-la vena_fw-la maronis_fw-la encomium_fw-la nequeo_fw-la quod_fw-la meret_fw-la exprimere_fw-la quique_fw-la toâ—em_fw-la carpsit_fw-la quod_fw-la tauri_fw-la cornua_fw-la fronti_fw-la imposuit_fw-la non_fw-la be_v quod_fw-la reprehendat_fw-la habet_fw-la david_n maxuellius_n the_o content_n of_o this_o treatise_n chap._n 1._o of_o the_o meditation_n of_o death_n chap._n 2._o what_o death_n be_v and_o of_o the_o cause_n of_o natural_a death_n chap._n 3._o of_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n chap._n 4._o remedy_n and_o comfort_n against_o the_o fear_n of_o natural_a death_n chap._n 5._o remedy_n and_o comfort_n against_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n which_o proceed_v from_o ignorance_n infidelity_n or_o despair_n chap._n 6._o of_o the_o desire_n of_o death_n and_o how_o we_o may_v die_v both_o peaceable_o and_o well_o a_o short_a treatise_n of_o death_n the_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o meditation_n of_o death_n the_o oft_o meditation_n of_o death_n be_v both_o necessare_fw-la and_o profitable_a to_o make_v we_o live_v well_o and_o die_v well_o first_o because_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o sure_a than_o that_o we_o must_v once_o die_v and_o it_o be_v most_o uncertain_a how_o when_o or_o where_o we_o shall_v die_v a_o ancient_n say_v well_o nemo_fw-la tam_fw-la divos_fw-la habuit_fw-la faventeis_fw-la trage_v seneca_n in_o trage_v crastinum_fw-la ut_fw-la possit_fw-la sibi_fw-la polliceri_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o god_n to_o none_o such_o favour_n give_v they_o promise_v may_v the_o morn_n to_o live_v therefore_o we_o shall_v meditate_v often_o of_o death_n always_o prepare_v we_o for_o it_o according_a to_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o poet_n inter_fw-la spem_fw-la curamque_fw-la timores_fw-la inter_fw-la &_o iras_fw-la omnem_fw-la crede_fw-la diem_fw-la tibi_fw-la diluxisse_fw-la supremum_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v amid_o thy_o hope_n 1._o horat._n epist_n 1._o thy_o care_n thy_o fear_n thy_o wrath_n think_v every_o day_n thy_o last_o look_v for_o thy_o death_n qui_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la hodie_fw-la cras_fw-la minus_fw-la aptus_fw-la erit_fw-la that_o be_v this_o day_n who_o be_v not_o ready_a the_o morn_n shall_v less_o be_v ovid._n ovid._n in_o action_n which_o be_v both_o of_o difficulty_n and_o weight_n we_o draw_v to_o perfection_n by_o often_o use_v it_o be_v a_o hard_a matter_n to_o die_v either_o willing_o or_o well_o the_o error_n whereof_o may_v turn_v we_o to_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n fire_n for_o that_o which_o come_v last_o be_v everlasting_a we_o ought_v therefore_o both_o tymelie_a and_o diligent_o to_o search_v the_o step_n of_o the_o dark_a and_o stony_a way_n of_o death_n that_o by_o